Nevada City Elks Lodge #518 recently held their annual Veteran’s Appreciation Dinner. Every year they serve a complimentary Thanksgiving Dinner with all the trimmings to veterans, while guests of [...]

On a beautiful and warm August day, 75 BriarPatch owners, families, and members of our community gathered at the Johansen Organic Farm in Penn Valley for the annual BriarPatch Farm Tour. Rich and [...]

From Richard Drace, Board President Oh, Puleez,” I mumble to myself, as the presenter at co-op conference workshop I was attending addressed us as “co-operators “ every four or five sentences. To [...]

Hugging the steep slope above the South Yuba River, Independence Trail winds through a mature forest of madrone, Pacific dogwood, and incense cedar. For decades, busloads of school children, some [...]

From National Co-op Grocers (NCG) Just as people breathe, produce respires. This process of oxidation is responsible for the breakdown (spoilage) of fruits and vegetables after harvest. You can’t [...]

If it takes a village to raise a child, then what must it take to raise a community of active, strong, and health-conscious young athletes who value quality food as the fuel they need to perform? [...]

For 40 years BriarPatch has been a resource that so many people rely upon for fresh, locally sourced, healthful food. Fully 12 percent of Nevada County’s residents, though, are living at or below [...]

From Co+op, stronger together and EWG Sun Safety Did you know that your skin is the largest organ of your body? Your skin is amazing! As the boundary between our insides and the outside world, it [...]

From Richard Drace, Board President It’s strange to write about the future from the past. By the time you all read this, our election of new Board directors will have happened, but as I’m writing [...]

Submitted by Sierra Harvest According to the 2012 USDA Census of Agriculture, the average age of farmers in the United States is 58. Over the next 10 years, then, our country will need 10,000 new [...]

Hello from your new editor Since this issue is dedicated to sharing the love, I thought I should introduce myself as the new editor of The Vine by telling you how I first fell in love with fresh, [...]

Whether you are a farmer, rancher, homesteader, or foodie, you won’t want to miss Sierra Harvest’s Sustainable Food and Farm Conference from January 6 to 8, 2017. Get inspired by national leaders [...]